Fare-box.



0. 0. VOGLESONG.

FARE BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 7, 191s.

Patented Dec.9.1913.

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WITNESSES INVEN ran 7 5 cf'cfyo zesozy G. G. VOGLESONG.

FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, 1913.

Patented Dec. 9,1913.

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. WWW Lewes UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLYDE c. voeLEsone, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR :ro HIMSELF, AND PETER A; MCKENZIE, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, raosrnns.

Flinn-Box.

specification of Letters Patent. I

Iatented Dec. 9, 1913.

'TApplication filed April 7,1913. Serial No. 759,396.

a citizen of the United "States, residing at 1 of the intention, such as will enable others a vertical sectional view as seen on line 22 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 1s a sectional VleW as seen on @akland, in the county of Alameda and State 'ofyCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be full clear, and exact description skilled in the art to which it 'appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in, fare boxes and more particularly to that class to be used in connection with pay-as-you-enter street cars and my object is to. provide a receptacle into which thefare is-to be deposited by the passenger on entering the car said receptacle having transparent portions through which the coin or fare may be seen after being de-' posited in the fare box.

A"furthr object is to provide a door or gate toho'ld the fare in view when desired and permit thefareto descend into a chute i. when the door is lowered.

A further object is to provide means for depositing the fare into a receptacle an in dividual receptacle being provided for, each size of coin "used as a fare and a further object is 'to provide means for registering the number of each class of fares used.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinatfiter set i'or-th and pointed out in the accompanying specification.

Refer-ring to the acoom anying drawings which are made a part oi this application, Figue 1 is an elevation of the device showing t e casing thereof in section. Fig. 2 18 line 3-3 Fig. 1. Fig. 4; is a sectional view as seen on line 44 Fig. 1.

Referring .to thedrawi-ngs in which similar reference numerals designate correspending parts throughout the several views, 1- indicates a housing, which may be anade of sheet. metal or other suitable material, the upper end of the housing having a hopper-v2 placed thereon, the walls 3 of which are made of glass or other suitable transparent substance so that the fare may be readily .seen after being deposited in the opp n 1 In orderqto prevent the tare descending into the casingor housing until it has been viewed by the conductor, a gate or door 4 is I and directs upward pressure against the door, a handle or lever 6 being provided with which to readily lower the door.

After the fare is released from the hopper descends into a cylindrical chute 7, the interior diameter of which is equal to the diameter of the largest coin used as a fare,. sa-id chute terminating above a horizontally disposed circular plate 8 and be tween the lower end of the chute and said plate. is a horizontally disposed rota table bevel gear 9, the lower face of which is Preferably hollowed out to receive said plate, a-nd thus providing a bearing for the gear to revolve upon. 7

The gear 9 is provided with circular openi ngs 10 into which the fares descend from the chute and as, in this case, but five and ten cent pieces are used, the openings are of large enough diamcter to receive the five cent pieces, while the thickness of the gear at the apertured portion is equal to the thickness of a ten cent piece so that but one coin can nest in each opening at a time. and incase it is a ten cent piece, the upper face thereof rests flush with the upper face of the gear 9.

The centers of the openings 10 are concentric with the center of rotation of the gear 9 and are adapted to register'successive'ly with the chute 7 to allow the coins to nest in the successive openings.

As the five cent piece is thicker than the ten cent piece, the lower end of the chute -7 is slightly raised above the gear .9, or is so positioned that when a five cent piece descends into one of the openings 10, the upper .face thereof will just clear the. lower end of the chute and as the thickness of two ten cent pieces .isgreater than the thickness of a five cent piece, but one coin of either denomination will escape from the chute at time.

The plate 8 is provided with circular apertures 1.0 corresponding in diameter to the respective coins to be segregated and.

.guide 152 being arranged under the smaller aperture 10* to receive the ten cent fares, and by placing the dime aperture, which occurs above the guide 1'! 111 such position as to encounter the coins first, none but the ten cent fares will enter the same as the opening therein is of such dimension as to admit the ten cent pieces while the five cent pieces will pass thereover and enter the guide 11.

The gear 9 is operated through the medium of a gear 13, carried by a shaft 14 extending horizontally through the housing 1, one end of the shaft extending through the housing and having a crank 15 thereon, by which means the shaft may be readily rotated and to prevent reverse rotation of the gear 9, suitable ratchet mechanism 16 is providcd on the shaft 14-. and the housing 1.

Immediately below the lower ends of the guides 11 and 12, is a drum lL Which is mounted upon a horizontal shaft 18, the periphery of said drum having a plurality of longitudinally extending radial slots 19 and 20 which more into alinement successively with the discharge ends of the guides 11 and 12 respectively, said slots being arranged to receive the coins of different denominations as they descend from the guides, the openings in the guides being so arranged as' to deliver the coins cdgewise to the slots.

Extending CilClHlfGlQIlllflllY of the drum 17 and intersecting the series of slots 19 and 20, are annular grooves 21 and 22, repectively, into which extend the ends of tall crank levers 2 5, which are employed. in connection with other connections 2 25 and 26, to operate any suitable form of registers 27, so as to keep an accu ate account of the number of fares of dillerent denominations placed in the fare box.

The drum 1? is rotated by placing a ratchet 28 on the shaft 18, with which co operates a pawl 29. carried upon an arm 30 also mounted on the shaft 18, a spring 31 being employed to keep the pawl in engagement with the notches in the ratchet. The arm 30 is pivotally mounted on the shaft 18 and is pivotally secured to a shaft 3:2, eX tending downwardly from an eccentric 33.

carried by the shaft 14, soth at as the shaft' 14 rotates, the arm 30 will swing downwardly a sutlicient distance to give the drum substantially a quarter turn, then upwardly until the pawl engages the next succeeding notch in the ratchet, when the arm Will again descend and further rotate the drum.

. The drum is held against. reverse rotation by providing a suitable ratchet mechanism between the shaft 18 and the wall of ceases the housing 1, as shown at 341-. Located i clow the drum 1'? is any suitable form of receptacle or drawer 37 to receive the coins they are dischargcl from the slots in the drpun, a guide plate 36 being so located as to direct the coins into the receptacle.

in operation, the fare is deposited in the hopper 2 and descends onto the door t, when the door is swung down 'ardly and the coin deposited into the chute The coins then in position to enter the openings 10 in the gear 9 and by rotating the gear 9, the coins Will be removed from the chute 7, one at a time and deposited in their respective guides 11 or 1:2, depending on the size of the coin. As the coins descend into the slots in the drum and the drum is rotated, the coins will engage the levers 23 and operate the registers 27, thus keeping accurate count of the number of coins entering the fare box and by providing the ratchets l6 and 34. it will be impossible to reverse the rotation of the parts so as to cause the ten cent pieces to enter the slots intended for the five cent pieces and preventing any possibility of manipulating the machine to defraud the company.

It will be also understood that the parts may be arranged. to accommodate coins of different denominations than those specitied and it Will likewise be understood thatthis device. can be attached to any suitable parto'r the car and may be used for other purposes than that set forth.

-\Vhat I claim is:

l. A fare box comprising a cylindrical chute adapted to hold coins in a superimosed relation, a horizontal rotatable Plate of the thickness of the thinnest coin to be handled, arranged below and in close relation to said chute the lower surface of said plate being spaced from the bottom of the chute a distance equal to the thickness of the thickest. coin to be handled, said plate being provided with a circular aperture of the same diameter as the chute adapted to register with said chute and a plate having segregating apertures therein arranged below said rotatable plate.

2. In a fare box. a coin segregating plate provided With differentiating apertures, a chute arranged below each aperture, said chutes operating to turn the coins from a horizontal to a vertical position, a -flrum adapted to rotate about horizontal axis arranged below said chutes and provided with radial slots adapted to receive the coins from said chutes, a. registering mechanism, and means operative by the rotation of the drum during the presence of a coin in one of said slots to operate the registering mechanism.

3. In a fare box, a segregating plate pro-- vided with differentiating apertures, chutes arranged below said apertures adapted to turn the coins from a horizontal to a vertical position, the longitudinal sides of the grooves intersecting said slots; a lever disposed in each groove arranged-to be actuated by the rotation of the drum'during the presence of a coin in one of said slots and a registering mechanism operatively connected to said lever.

4. In afare box, a coin segregating mech anism, chutes for conducting the separate coins from the segregating mechanism, the longitudinal edges of the bottom of said chutes lying in the same vertical plane, a drum mounted on a horizontal shaft ar ranged below said chutes, said shaft lying in said vertical plane, a plurality of radial slots in said drum, adapted to register with the respective chutes, and means for giving saiddrum a step by step motion whereby the slots are successively halted in alinement with said chutes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLYDE C. VOGLESONG. Witnesses:

-A. ANDERSON, W. H. Loner.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the Gommissiener of Iaten'ts.

Washington, D. G." 

